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Antonietta Garcia Vda. De Chua vs. Court of Appeals

ANTONIETTA GARCIA VDA. DE CHUA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS (Special Eight Division), HON. JAPAL M. GUIANI, RTC, Branch 14, 12th Judicial Region, Cotabato City, and FLORITA A. VALLEJO, as Administratrix of the Estate of the late Roberto L. Chua, respondents.

G.R. No. 116835 | 1998-03-05

D E C I S I O N 

KAPUNAN, J: 

Assailed before us in this Appeal by Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-GR Sp. No. 33101, promulgated on 19 April 1994 affirming the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 14, of Cotabato City in Special Procedure Case No. 331. 

As culled from the records, the following facts have been established by evidence: 

During his lifetime, Roberto Lim Chua lived out of wedlock with private respondent Florita A. Vallejo from 1970 up to 1981. Out of this union, the couple begot two illegitimate children, namely, Roberto Rafson Alonzo and...